Summary

The VA Salt Lake City Health Care System is looking for a highly qualified Physician Assistant (Urology) to serve in our Clinical Resource Hub.

Duties

• Duties include: Obtaining medical histories and performing physical exams
• Providing and coordinating medical care for assigned patients In any care setting - including establishing diagnoses - formulating and implementing care plans - and providing follow up care
• Evaluating outpatients to determine the need for further health care
• Ordering diagnostic studies and other special tests - such as MRI - CT - X-ray - ECG Carrying out health promotion - disease prevention and patient education activities
• Ordering or obtaining laboratory specimens
• Ordering ancillary services such as - pharmacy - social services - physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies - prosthetic services - etc.- - Ordering VA specialty service consults and initiating requests for non-VA medical care and consults in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures
• Ordering patient care supplies
• Admitting and discharging patients in consultation with - and on behalf of - the collaborating physician - obtaining admission history and performing physical examinations - conducting patient rounds - documenting progress notes and summaries in the patient record - writing patient orders and prescribing medications for assigned patients
• The PA may also be delegated the task of documenting the discharge summary - but the collaborating physician must write a discharge note - or co-sign the discharge summary written by the PA in accordance with The Joint Commission standards that are applicable
• Other patient record entries by PAs - including medical histories - physical examinations - progress notes - service consults - Compensation and Pension evaluations - and patient orders do not require physician co-signature unless specifically required by Federal law - VA policy - or the standards of applicable external accrediting bodies
• Obtaining and documenting informed consent for treatments and procedures for which the PA is responsible
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
• 8:00am - 4:30pm Remote: This is a remote position This position currently has a Return to Office (RTO) mid-term extension (180-days)
• Remote work is currently authorized
• however - candidates may be subject to return to office in the event policy changes or the exemption is not extended.